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Experiment HH-5: the Diving Reflex Experiment HH-5: The Diving Reflex Exercise 1: Heart Rate at Rest Aim: To measure the heart rate of a subject at rest. Procedure 1. Click on the Record button, located on the upper right side of the LabScribe Main window (Figure HH-5-L1 ). The signal should begin scrolling across the screen. Note: If the user clicks the Record button and there is no communication between the iWorx unit and computer, an error window will appear in the center of the Main window. Make sure the iWorx unit is turned on and connected to the USB port of the computer. Click OK and select the Find Hardware function from the LabScribe Tools menu. 2. Click on the AutoScale button at the upper margin of the Pulse and Heart Rate channels. Your recording should look like Figure HH-5-L1 . • If the signal on the Pulse channel is upside down when compared to trace in Figure HH- 5-L1 , click on the downward arrow to the left of the channel title and select the Invert function. The trace should now look similar to the one in the figure • If the pulse signal is small or noisy, adjust the tension on the strap holding the pulse plethysmograph to the finger. 3. When you have a suitable trace, type <Subject’s Name> Resting Heart Rate in the Mark box to the right of the Mark button. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to attach the comment to the data. Record for a minute. 4. Click Stop to halt recording. 5. Select Save As in the File menu, type a name for the file. Choose a destination on the computer in which to save the file, like your lab group folder). Designate the file type as *.iwxdata. Click on the Save button to save the data file. Human HeartiWorx – Diving Reflex – Labs Sample LabHH-5-1 Copyright iWorx Systems Inc. Note: Only for evaluation by prospective customers. Figure HH-5-L1:The pulse and heart rate recording of a subject at rest displayed in the Main Window Data Analysis 1. Scroll through the recording and find a twenty second section of data with exemplary pulse waves. Since the subject is breathing normally, the trace on the Heart Rate Channel should cycle, which demonstrates normal respiratory sinus arrhythmia. 2. Use the Display Time icons to adjust the Display Time of the Main window to show at least two complete heart rate cycles on the Main window. Two complete heart rate cycles can also be selected by: • Placing the cursors on either side of a group of two complete heart rate cycles • Clicking the Zoom between Cursors button on the LabScribe toolbar to expand the segment with the two complete heart rate cycles to the width of the Main window. 3. Click on the Analysis window icon in the toolbar ( Figure HH-5-L2 ) or select Analysis from the Windows menu to transfer the data displayed in the Main window to the Analysis window (Figure HH-L3 ). Figure HH-5-L2:The LabScribe Toolbar. Human HeartiWorx – Diving Reflex – Labs Sample LabHH-5-2 Copyright iWorx Systems Inc. Note: Only for evaluation by prospective customers. 4. Look at the Function Table that is above the uppermost channel displayed in the Analysis window. The names of the mathematical functions used in the analysis, Max, Min, and Mean, appear in this table. The values for these three parameters on each channel are seen in the table across the top margin of each channel. Figure HH-5-L3:The pulse and heart recording of a subject at rest displayed in the Analysis window. 5. Once the cursors are placed in the correct positions for determining the maximum, minimum, and mean heart rates in the section of data displayed in the Analysis window, the values of these parameters can be recorded in the on-line notebook of LabScribe by typing their names and values directly into the Journal, or on a separate data table. 6. The functions in the channel pull-down menus of the Analysis window can also be used to enter the names and values of the parameters from the recording to the Journal. To use these functions: • Place a cursor on the left margin of the data displayed in the Analysis window, and the other cursor on the right margin of the displayed data. • Transfer the names of the mathematical functions used to determine the maximum, minimum, and mean heart rates to the Journal using the Add Title to Journal function in the Heart Rate Channel pull-down menu. • Transfer the values for the maximum, minimum, and mean heart rates to the Journal using the Add Ch. Data to Journal function in the Heart Rate Channel pull-down menu. 7. Enter the subject’s resting heart rate into Table HH-5-L1 . Human HeartiWorx – Diving Reflex – Labs Sample LabHH-5-3 Copyright iWorx Systems Inc. Note: Only for evaluation by prospective customers. Exercise 2: Heart Rate and Apnea Aim: To measure the heart rate of a subject while they are holding their breath. Procedure 1. Remind the same subject to sit quietly with their hands in their lap. Instruct the subject to hold his or her breath as long as possible in this exercise. 2. Click on the Record button. The signal should begin scrolling across the screen. 3. Click on the AutoScale button at the upper margin of the Pulse and Heart Rate channels. Your recording should look like Figure HH-5-L1 . Use the same techniques used in Exercise 1 to display the signals properly. 4. When the pulse recording is a suitable trace, type Holding Breath in the Mark box to the right of the Mark button. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to attach the comment to the data as the subject begins to hold his or her breath (apnea). 5. Quickly type Breathing Again in the Mark box to the right of the Mark button. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to attach the comment to the data when the subject resumes breathing. Continue recording for thirty seconds after the subject begins breathing again. 6. Click Stop to halt recording. 7. Select Save in the File menu. Data Analysis 1. Scroll through the recording and find the section of data that was collected while the subject was holding his or her breath. 2. Use the Display Time icons, or the cursors and the Zoom between Cursors button, to adjust the Display Time of the Main window to show the data from ten seconds before the subject held his or her breath to twenty seconds after breathing resumed. 3. Click on the Analysis window icon in the toolbar to transfer the data displayed in the Main window to the Analysis window ( Figure HH-5-L4 ). 4. Place one cursor at the point when the subject held his or her breath and the other cursor at the point breathing resumed. 5. Look at the Function Table in the Analysis window and make sure the mathematical functions used in the analysis, Max, Min, and Mean, appear. 6. Use one of the techniques explained in Exercise 1 to record the values for these parameters in the Journal, or on a separate data table. 7. Enter the subject’s heart rate during apnea into Table HH-5-L1 . Human HeartiWorx – Diving Reflex – Labs Sample LabHH-5-4 Copyright iWorx Systems Inc. Note: Only for evaluation by prospective customers. Figure HH-5-L4: Heart rate change during apnea. Questions 1. How does the subject’s average heart rate while resting compare to the heart rate while holding breath? 2. How do the subject’s maximum and minimum heart rates while resting compare to the same heart rates while holding breath? Exercise 3: Heart Rate While Testing the Diving Reflex Aim: To measure the effects of “diving” into cold water on heart rate. Procedure 1. Have the subject sit in front of a pan of room temperature water (25 oC). If the subject wears glasses, the glasses should be removed. If the subject has long hair, the hair should be pulled back away from the face. 2. Click on the Record button. The signal should begin scrolling across the screen. 3. Click on the AutoScale button at the upper margin of the Pulse and Heart Rate channels. Use the same techniques used in Exercise 1 to display the signals properly. 4. When the pulse recording is a suitable trace, type 25 oC Water in the Mark box to the right of the Mark button. 5. Instruct the subject to hold his or her breath and submerge his or her face (up to the hairline and in front of the ears) in water for 20 seconds. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to attach the Human HeartiWorx – Diving Reflex – Labs Sample LabHH-5-5 Copyright iWorx Systems Inc. Note: Only for evaluation by prospective customers. comment to the data as the subject’s face enters the water. 6. Quickly type Face Out of Water in the Mark box. As the subject pulls his or her face out of the water, press the Enter key on the keyboard. 7. Click Stop to halt recording after this trial. 8. Select Save in the File menu. 9. Repeat the diving exercise into the pan of 25 oC water two additional times. Allow enough time between trials for the subject’s heart rate to return to normal. Note: If a preliminary examination of the data indicates the subject’s heart rate did not change, the subject may not have a good diving reflex.
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